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XVILLIAM SUGGETT, OF WEST STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT.

CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,938, dated October 1, 1889.

Application filed July 23, 1888. Serial No. 280,702. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM SUGGETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at W'est Stratford, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in chairs, as hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention relates to means for holding in position the garment-supporting device attached to opera and other form of chairs; and it consists of a guard so situated in relation to the supporting device as to prevent its accidental detachment from the chair.

To more fully understand my invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon, which form partof this specification.

Figure 1 represents a garmentsupporter attached to the top and back of a wooden chair. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of a similar device, showing the supporter raised at right angles thereto. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 represent detail views. Fig. 7 represents the upper portion of an iron chair, showing the supporter attached thereto and a garment suspended therefrom. Fig. 8 represents a detail view. Fig. 9 represents the method usually employed in securing the supporter in place.

Its construction and operation are as follows:

A represents the garment-supporter; B, chair-back; C, ears attached thereto; a. a, proj ecting lugs of the ears, to which the supporter is attached; I) b, guards to hold the supporter in place. D is a garment.

A device consisting of wire and formed in the proper shape and journaled in ears situated on the backs of opera-chairs is used as a temporary support for garments. It has been customary in order to secure said supporter in place to allow its ends to project through the ears and rivet'or upset the same to prevent their withdrawal. This plan has several objectionable features, which are: the cost of riveting the projecting ends, the unfinished appearance after such operation, and the tendency of the ragged protruding ends to catch the garments of persons passing through the aisle.v

When the chair-back is of wood, as seen at Fig. 1, ears such as represented in Figs. 4 and 5 are used. They are made independent of said back and attached thereto by screws 0 0. (See Fig. 1.) These ears are provided with guards b I), placed at the proper distance from lugs a a to allow of free play to the supporter A, which is a piece of wire bent in the proper shape and having its extreme ends-bent on a line with each other to form the journals d cl. Holes in lugs a, (see c, Fig. 4) are provided for said journals.

When the wooden back is employed, the supporter A is first attached to the ears in the manner as shown in Fig. 6, which represents one of the ears and a section of supporter A through dotted line m of Fig. 1. Said supporter is placed so that the journal (1 will stand at an angle with lug a of the ear. Then as the journal enters the hole provided for it in lug a the supporter A will gradually assume its normal or horizontal position. After each end of the supporter is attached in the manner as described the ears are screwed to the back B. As the distance between the lug a and guard 11 is less than the length of the journal d, it is evident that said journals cannot be disengaged from their hearings in lugs a a except by the same method employed in placing them therein. The journals d (I are alsoshorter than their hearings or lugs a a. They cannot, therefore, project beyond the same and produce the objectionable results hereinbefore mentioned.

In Fig. 1 the lugs a a are situated outside the supporter A. In Fig. 2 they are placed inside of the same. The guards l) 12, as well as the journals d d, are also reversed. With the exception of this slight change in their construction they are similar in every other respect.

In Fig. 7 the ears form a part of the iron chair-back B. In this arrangement the manner of attaching the journals to their bearings differs slightly from the one above described. The supporter A is first attached to lug a of ear 0' in the same manner as shown in Fig. 6. In the guard 19" (see Figs. 7 and 8) the groove f is formed as nearthe top of said guards as possible. The supporter A, when attached to lug a" of ear 0', as described, is then brought at right angles to the chair-back B and the distance between the arms g g shortened by compression to allow the supporter to drop into groove f. The hole e, provided in lug a for the journal 01', being in a direct line with said groove, will, when the strain on the supporter is removed, readily enter therein. As the supporter A will have to be raised to its highest possible limit and considerable pressure brought to bear in order to disengage it from its bearings, it must be evident that with the assistance of the guards b" b and the spring or outward pressure of said supporter it cannot with ordinary usage be displaced.

The usual method of securing the supporter to the cars is shown in Fig. 9, the heads h h being formed by riveting or upsetting the pro jecting ends of the journals d cl.

I am aware that it is not new to construct; opera and other chairs with supporting-ears and a garmentsupporting device to engage therewith for the purpose specified, and therefore do not claim, broadly, such a device.

Having thus described my invention, wha-tl do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. The garment-supporter A, provided at its outer ends with the journals d cl, said journals formed substantially at right angles to the upright arms of said supporter, combined with bearings secured to the chair-back to receive said journals, and a guard in rear of said journals to prevent the same disenga ing from their bearings, substantially as shown.

2. The combination, with a chair-back having supporting-lugs attached thereto, and a supporting device journaled in said lugs and operating freely therein, of a guard situated back of each of said journals, one of said guards having a groove formed transversely through a portion thereof to admit one end of said supporting device to enable the journal to enter its hearing, as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM SUGGETT.

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J. F. NOBLE, CORNELIA LOSEE. 

